So, I'm sick of seeing Sarah Palin at the top of my page, so here's something from the earliest epic tradition in world literature...well, the end product of that tradition at least. So, here, from the Standard Babylonian Version of the Epic of Gilgamesh is the quote of the day: Enkidu had defiled his body so pure, his legs stood still, though his herd was in motion. Enkidu was weakened, could not run as before, but now he had reason, adn wide understanding. (Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet 1, lines 199-203; trans. Andrew George) Enkidu, created directly from clay, a replica of the original human, was a wild, animal-like man. At the same time, he was powerful, the only match in strength for the two-thirds divine Gilgamesh (how he's two-thirds divine, I have no clue...and no specialist's answer has been satisfying to my mind). This replica of the original man is also Gilgamesh's mirror, his alter-ego, a second self. In this scene, the wild animalistic man, who communes...
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In a fit of extreme procrastination the other day, I started googling different orthodox denominations in NYC. There's a Coptic church in Astoria, and I think I'd like to go check out the liturgy sometime. I believe there is also an Ethiopian Orthodox congregation that has services in a room in Riverside Church.
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Riverside has so many congregations in it. I think they even have a Chinese service, but I could be recalling incorrectly. So, I would not be surprised that there is something of the sort. I have a few friends who study Ethiopic Christianity, so they probably know.